PLANA BACH Head of Wildfire and Land-Use Department TECHNOLOGICAL FOREST CENTER of CATALONIA

WORKSHOP ON THE ASSESSMENT OF FOREST FIRE RISKS AND INNOVATIVE WORKSHOP ON THE ASSESSMENT OF FOREST FIRE RISKS AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR FIRE PREVENTION Rhodes, Greece 4-6 May 2010 STRATEGIES FOR FIRE PREVENTION Rhodes, Greece 4-6 May 2010 SESSION 3: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES AND POLICY INSTRUMENTS SESSION 3: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES AND POLICY INSTRUMENTS Growing with the fire risk: A band master in a school of strict education

WILDFIRE RISK MANAGEMENT & LAND- USE PLANNING Changing context of risk : adaptative strategy needed Mr. Eduard PLANA BACH Head of Wildfire and Land-use Department TECHNOLOGICAL FOREST CENTER OF CATALONIA

INTEGRATION OF FIRE RISK IN LAND USE PLANNING AND FOREST MANAGMENT TOOLS IN CATALONIA (NW SPAIN)

The own fire hazard (Photo: X.MATEU) Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC

WORKSHOP ON THE ASSESSMENT OF FOREST FIRE RISKS AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR WORKSHOP ON THE ASSESSMENT OF FOREST FIRE RISKS AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR FIRE PREVENTION Rhodes, Greece 4-6 May 2010 FIRE PREVENTION Rhodes, Greece 4-6 May 2010 SESSION 3: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES AND POLICY INSTRUMENTS SESSION 3: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES AND POLICY INSTRUMENTS Where to focus the attention: Where focus the attention: WILDFIRE RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACH Ecology / WILDFIRE RISK MANAGEMENT Integration socioeconomical and ecological ¾ From wildfire as the enemy: towards fire as a natural driving forces affecting positively or perturbation of the ecosystem “Living with wildfires” Birot Y. (Ed.) negatively fire risk from vulnerability ¾ Efforts focused on reach more tolerant landscape patterns to fire approach SUPRESSION & CIVIL DEFENSE perturbation from fire ecology perspective: harmonize forest owners SOCIAL DEMANDS – society – managers interests (overall in non profitability lands) & PERCEPTIONS FIRE PREVENTION LAND-USE PATTERN Prevention plas Forestry Prescribed burning Investigation of causes Agricultural land and Social awarness grazzing Settlements

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Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC

¾ Improve society understanding of the role of fire in the ecosystem : ¾ Integrate the positive and negative externalities of all human- Previous step to promote a strategy based in fuel management for made activities related with the increase or decrease (prevention) of tolerant landscapes patterns & low intensity fire management fire risk : In order to improve cost-effectiveness of wildfire risk management ¾ Improve society understanding of the exposition to risk : To promote self-protection attitudes and the own responsibility on ignition control ¾ Supporting forestry & grazing & croops: as fuel control activities ¾ The influence of mass media and opinion leaders in social perception: ¾ (as example) Including prevention cost in the price of housing in “Facts are facts but perception is the reality” wildland urban interface (WUI) : Protection houses from forest, or forest from houses?

INTEGRATION OF FIRE RISK IN LAND USE PLANNING AND FOREST MANAGMENT TOOLS IN CATALONIA (NW SPAIN) INTEGRATION OF FIRE RISK IN LAND USE PLANNING AND FOREST MANAGMENT TOOLS IN CATALONIA (NW SPAIN)

Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC

1 WORKSHOP ON THE ASSESSMENT OF FOREST FIRE RISKS AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR WORKSHOP ON THE ASSESSMENT OF FOREST FIRE RISKS AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR FIRE PREVENTION Rhodes, Greece 4-6 May 2010 FIRE PREVENTION Rhodes, Greece 4-6 May 2010 SESSION 3: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES AND POLICY INSTRUMENTS SESSION 3: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES AND POLICY INSTRUMENTS Where focus the attention: WILDFIRE RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACH Where focus the attention: Economy /

¾ Integrate the positive and negative externalities of all human- Budget in prevention is needed but high suppression budget in the made activities related to an increase or decrease (prevention) of Spatial planning & wildfire risk managment current vulnerable context it is also needed up to vulnerability fire risk : In order to improve cost-effectiveness of wildfire risk doesn’t change management LAND USE – SUPPRESSION – PREVENTION - RESTORATION ¾ Supporting forestry & grazing & croops: as fuel control activities

¾ Including prevention cost in the price of housing in wildland urban interfaseWhich (WUI) are :the Protection benefits housesof rural from development forest, or related forest fromwith: houses? ? 1st) wildfire severity reducing (prevention + suppression + restoration costs reducing) 2nd) rural development itself, keeping landscape identity (strong related to welfare of local communities and tourism incomes), biodiversity environmental services conservation, ... Social demands!

INTEGRATION OF FIRE RISK IN LAND USE PLANNING AND FOREST MANAGMENT TOOLS IN CATALONIA (NW SPAIN) INTEGRATION OF FIRE RISK IN LAND USE PLANNING AND FOREST MANAGMENT TOOLS IN CATALONIA (NW SPAIN)

Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC

GRÀFIC 1. NÚMERO D'INCENDIS I SUPERFICÍCIE FORESTAL AFECTADA A CATALUNYA. PERÍODE 1986-2009 (Font: SPIF-DMAH) 9 Fuel accumulation is the main driving force of wildfires (more Ha A rbrades Ha No A rbrades 70.000 Nº Incendis Lineal (Nº Incendis) 1. 4 0 0 Lineal (Ha Arbrades) relevant than ignition causes - ignition risk zero doesn’t exist) 60.000 1. 2 0 0

50.000 1. 0 0 0

40.000 800 9 Suppression capacity has a limit Ha nº 30.000 600 20.000 400 9 Emergency management has a limit (simultaneously and WUI) 10.000 200

0 0 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 9Our efficiency in low-intensity fires does us more vulnerable to Statistic fire regime in Catalonia (NW Spain) the high-intensity fires in extreme conditions (“fire paradox”) Castellnou et al. 2009 1986-2009: 238.948ha burnt (13% forest land) 9Fire has a behavior pattern 70% burnt in 3 years (1986 / 1994 / 1998) 9 Wildfire risk management need a cross-sectoral approach, 80% of fires less than 10ha, but strong institutional coordination, and social participation 0’5% of fires (more than 500ha) burnt 80% surface

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Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC

Wildfire risk

Spread risk Ignition risk

We can not solve wildfires without acting in propagation capacity of the landscape

Castellnou et al. 2009

INTEGRATION OF FIRE RISK IN LAND USE PLANNING AND FOREST MANAGMENT TOOLS IN CATALONIA (NW SPAIN) INTEGRATION OF FIRE RISK IN LAND USE PLANNING AND FOREST MANAGMENT TOOLS IN CATALONIA (NW SPAIN)

Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC

2 WORKSHOP ON THE ASSESSMENT OF FOREST FIRE RISKS AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR WORKSHOP ON THE ASSESSMENT OF FOREST FIRE RISKS AND INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES FOR FIRE PREVENTION Rhodes, Greece 4-6 May 2010 FIRE PREVENTION Rhodes, Greece 4-6 May 2010 SESSION 3: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES AND POLICY INSTRUMENTS SESSION 3: INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES AND POLICY INSTRUMENTS Some lessons learnt related with wildfire risk management at Some lessons learnt related with wildfire risk management at land-use planning level: land-use planning level: 9Fire has a behavior pattern 9 1st step) suppression and prevention planning goes together Knowledge of wildfire propagation Provide guidelines for a cost- 9 2nd step) Integrate wildfire risk management into forest and spatial patterns or fire typology efficiency fuel management plan planning in order to reduce landscape vulnerability

SUPPRESSION SYSTEM: Improve efficiency through a pro-active approach to be prepared by future extreme fire behaviour (pre-suppression actions)

FOREST MANAGEMENT : fire ecology species adaptations / productive and or prevention objectives / prescribed burning / incentives!

LAND USE PLANNING: Integration of grazing and agrarian mosaic as prevention infrastructure

SPATIAL PLANNING: To reduce wildland urban interface vulnerability & to increase self-protection capacity

INTEGRATION OF FIRE RISK IN LAND USE PLANNING AND FOREST MANAGMENT TOOLS IN CATALONIA (NW SPAIN) INTEGRATION OF FIRE RISK IN LAND USE PLANNING AND FOREST MANAGMENT TOOLS IN CATALONIA (NW SPAIN)

Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC

9 2nd step) Integrate wildfire risk management into forest and spatial 9 2nd step) Integrate wildfire risk management into forest and spatial planning in order to reduce landscape vulnerability planning in order to reduce landscape vulnerability

1.- Including fire behaviour specialist knowledge in the multi-scale hierarchic 2.- Legal frame and support for that areas where prevention or pro-active forest planning model fuel management is a priority

Alt Pirineu i Aran

Comarques Gironines Comarques Centrals Regional Forest Plan (Strategic planning)

Àmbit de Ponent

Àmbit Metropolità

VEGUERIA Camp de Tarragona Alt Pirineu i Aran Spaces of special forest interest (8 categories): Camp de Tarragona Comarques Centrals General guidelines of SFM Terres de l`Ebre Comarques Gironines

Terres de l`Ebre

Àmbit Metropolità Àmbit de Ponent Hierarchic relation Strategic forest land for fire risk prevention 50.000- 200.000 ha County Forest Plan (Tactical planning) In that forest land defined by the PORF (tactical planning), because of its Regional guidelines of SFM strategic role in spread control of fire or prevention of fire effects, that Hierarchic relation activities which suppose an additional risk of fire will be forbidden and active measures of forest management to decrease the vulnerability of Forest Unit Plan (Operational planning) the forest land will be promoted.

Article 17th Normative of Forest Policy Plan of Catalonia (still not approved) ¾Determination of vocation and preference of forest land use and establishing guidelines for forest planning into de region (including fire risk management)

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Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC

9 2nd step) Integrate wildfire risk management into forest and spatial planning in order to reduce landscape vulnerability In conclusion…

3.- Enhancing Forest Plan normative rank in order to strength the linkage between spatial planning and forest one Without changing spread capacity (fuel accumulation process), (in Catalan spatial planning legislation, NFP is recognized as a specific plan with current prevention & suppression capacity represents the level of prevalence over low scale spatial and urban planning figures) risk that society has to assume

¾Regional Forest Plan, delegates into the inferior planning figure, the delimitation of Strategic forest land for fire risk prevention in order to become assimilated by spatial and urban planning (infrastructures, settlements, ..). So that it will be easier its posterior transposition into the urban planning figures according to the own hierarchic position within spatial planning. Mr. Eduard PLANA BACH Head of Wildfire and Land-use Department TECHNOLOGICAL FOREST CENTER OF CATALONIA Thanks for your attention [email protected] / www.ctfc.cat

INTEGRATION OF FIRE RISK IN LAND USE PLANNING AND FOREST MANAGMENT TOOLS IN CATALONIA (NW SPAIN) INTEGRATION OF FIRE RISK IN LAND USE PLANNING AND FOREST MANAGMENT TOOLS IN CATALONIA (NW SPAIN)

Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC Mr. EDUARD PLANA. HEAD OF WILFIRE AND LAND USE DEPARTMENT /CTFC